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Can we accept the unexplained, the loss, The crushing agony, and hold us still. And nowhere is that clearer vision given Which pierces a bewildering providence, And opens windows upon highest heaven, But where we see Suffering Omnipotence.

Amy Carmichael

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Amy Carmichael
Age: 83 †
Born: 1867
Born: December 16
Died: 1951
Died: January 18
Author
Missionary
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Downshire
Amy Beatrice Carmichael
Suffering
Nowhere
Omnipotence
Heaven
Window
Clearer
Upon
Accept
Pierce
Given
Loss
Windows
Stills
Highest
Agony
Pierces
Still
Accepting
Opens
Bewildering
Hold
Providence
Unexplained
Vision
Crush
Crushing

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